Japanese Penis Festival

The Shinto Kanamara Matsuri (かなまら祭り , Festival of the Steel Phallus ) is held each spring at the Kanayama Shrine (金山神社 Kanayamajinja ) in Kawasaki, Japan. The exact dates vary: the main festivities fall on the first Sunday in April. The penis, as the central theme of the event, is reflected in illustrations, candy, carved vegetables, decorations, and a mikoshi Kanamara Matsuri is centred on a local penisvenerating shrine. The legend being that a sharptoothed demon (vagina dentata) hid inside the vagina of a young woman and castrated two young men on their wedding As a result, the young woman sought help from a blacksmith, who fashioned an iron phallus to break the demon s teeth, which led to the enshrinement of the This legend in Ainu language was published as The Island of Women by Basil Hall festival started in It used to be a small festival, but it has